Sesi’s senses were not as sharp as Gary’s, but sensing the surroundings was her speciality. So, she was able to see the woman in the veil before Rowan and Leah. “Guys, look to your left.” She alerted the two people sitting in the back.They saw the woman in the veil who was wearing clothes like she was cosplaying someone from an ancient eastern culture. Her arms, neck, ears, forehead, waist, ankles were all decorated with gold and jewels.Her anklets made a nice sound every time she took a step.“Is she some kind of a drama artist?” Rowan wondered.“She’s walking way too casually,” Leah opined. “It’s like she’s not afraid of anything. And… she doesn’t seem to have a speck of dust or blood on her clothes. Does that make any sense?”Her words made Sesi and Rowan immediately up their guard.“Something’s not right,” Sesi said. “For this woman to be coming toward us right after Gary left…” she didn’t have a good feeling about this. “Gary!” she quickly shouted.Gary heard the call and turne
Gary dashed forth at Clausilla and thrust his knife-hand at her. He was fast, but she easily moved out of his way and also tried to bite his neck. Gary somehow managed to change his speed right away and dodge the dangerous bite.CLANG~!Her teeth made a clinking, metallic noise as they clashed against each other.“Fufu, not bad, but…” Clausilla suddenly screamed. Her scream was so powerful, the glass doors of the hall shattered. Even Leah and the bats that were harassing her were terrified by the absurdly powerful scream that made their ears bleed.Gary was also bleeding from the ears, but he bore the pain and grabbed her mouth, shocking her, not just because of his recklessness but also his brute strength. He firmly squeezed on her mouth, lifted her body up and smashed her head-first to the floor. The back of her skull cracked and blood sprayed out.Clausilla desperately bit his palm, causing him to bleed.Gary let go of her and backed away a bit and looked at his hand.“Hahaha,” Cla
Gary’s ‘Werewolf Vigor’ was a tireless charging attack, and he clawed at her a hundred times in five seconds. She had to do her best to defend herself, but at the same time, the fact that Gary was using her boyfriend’s attack utterly pissed her off. The boiling anger in her strengthened her. She fought toe-to-toe with Gary.Clausilla used all kinds of moves that a normal human would never be able to see, but Gary didn’t fall for any of her tricks. He was able to see through her feints as well. And that frustrated and angered Clausilla all the more. Nevertheless, she kept reminding him, “What’s the point of clawing at me when you have no way of killing me? On the other hand, all I need to do is get one good attack in, and it’ll be all over for you!”It was a mental game, and she thought Gary would fall for it.But her words did not change Gary’s rhythm at all, He kept using the seemingly incessant ‘Werewolf’s Vigor,’ and eventually managed to push Clausilla back to the throne.Seeing t
Rowan and Leah were silent as they were preparing to leave Clausilla’s place after recovering.“She’s gotta be at least over level 200,” Leah opined. “That’s the feeling I got.”“That means that guy is also over level 200?” Rowan looked a bit shocked. “I know that he’s strong, but 200 levels in just a few days… it feels surreal.”“Guys, he’s not reached 200 yet,” Sesi told them.“Huh? That doesn’t make sense,” Rowan quickly said. “How can he defeat such a powerful enemy if he’s not at that level?”“Simple. He’s got many skills,” Sesis said. “Of course, we also have a lot of skills, but his skills are much more effective and efficient. And he’s also talented at using them. That’s why he’s our group’s leader.”Rowan looked a little bit surprised. “To be honest, I thought you were the leader because you defeated the werewolf.”Sesi’s shoulders jerked a bit. “Uh, to be honest, I wasn’t the one that killed it. It was Gary’s doing. I’m only at a similar level to you guys.” Her words astonis
Gary was sitting on the cart, next to Leah. There was a three feet distance between them as they sat on opposite ends of the cart.Sesi and Rowan, however, were pulling the cart like horses and buffaloes would.“Why do we have to do this?” Rowan complained. “This is so humiliating.”“Stop complaining and preserve your stamina,” Gary said. “You need to be exercising like this if you want to improve on your stamina.”“But my stamina is already the top stat I have,” Rowan said.“Why is stamina your top stat?” Sesi looked at him confusedly. “Shouldn’t strength or speed be your first preference?”“Yeah, but I think stamina is good when it comes to fighting multiple opponents or running away,” Rowan said.“So, you are just a scaredy cat,” Sesi snorted.“O-Of course not! I’m just being cautious, that’s all,” Rowan shouted. “And why am I the only one pulling this when Leah was happily sitting?”“Shut up,” Sesi hit his head with her braid. It was a decent hit that turned his cheek red.“Why di
“The destination is clear, but we have to go to other places to level up,” Gary was muttering under his breath, watching from a rooftop. “This may look like it’s working out, but… what if… this Yves guy comes at us before we get to a higher level?”[That’s a valid question, but… I don’t think he’d move around after building a base.] Ai opined. [He’ll have his subjects bring him what he wants. That guy has a nasty appetite for living beings. He eats everything and absorbs them as nutrients. His vitality is pretty high. Even though he may be the seventh key, defeating him will be more difficult than defeating some other keys. That’s just how annoying his abilities are,]“So that means, can I assume that this humanoid spider also works for him?”[Of course, she’s around level 250 or 260, and she’s built her territory not far from Yves’ base, which shows that she’s also defending Yves’ territory.]“Makes sense,” Gary was looking down at the street from the 23 floor high building. Spider m
Gary didn’t just want to kill the six giant spiders that were heading toward them, but he wanted to do it in a way that wouldn't alert the zombie spider Venny.Gary jumped off the rooftop hard enough for him to dash through the sky like a meteor. He made enough sound for Leah and others to hear, but it wasn’t loud enough for Venny who was far enough to hear.“The combination of the attributes of the beasts that I killed gave me decent strength and speed,” Gary muttered under his breath. “But I feel like this isn’t enough.” Having fought Clausilla, he knew how much faster than him she was. “I need to be much faster.”Like a projectile, he rose high and then fell toward one of the giant spiders in a straight line. “Minotaur’s Strength!” His arms bulked up twice their normal size.Seeing him, the giant spider shot up a web toward him. The web came like a net, but Gary punched his fist through the web and struck the giant spider’s head, blowing it off to bits and pieces.The web was still
None of Gary, Leah, Sesi, or Rowan could react. The gas spread in the blink of an eye, and it immediately tried to soothe their nerves, making everyone fall asleep in a second.All four of them collapsed to the ground.“Easy, peasy, spidey, breezy!” The spider with a human head quickly came over to wrap them up in webs. As he was wrapping up Rowan’s body with care, he heard a faint noise and looked back.Gary grabbed Leah’s sword and tried to decapitate the spider in one go. But its neck was so thick that the sword only went an inch inside. “Gwuh!” blood released from the spider’s neck and mouth. “You bastard! How are you still standing?” Two of sharp pointy legs speared toward Gary.He used the werewolf’s vigor skill to suddenly increase his speed so much that he was able to jump on top of one of those fast-moving legs and ended up standing right behind the spider’s human head.Without giving it any chance, Gary punched its skull hard enough to crack and break it in one go. He only d
“I asked for grape juice!” Sesi barked. “But what the hell is this?”“It is grape juice,” the innkeeper looked offended. “It’s fresh. If you drink it, you’ll know.”“You want me to DRINK THIS?” Sesi’s eyes turned red. Rowan grabbed her hand because he felt like she might slap the innkeeper out of anger. “Can a human even drink this? No, even monkeys won’t go near this shit!”Sesi’s words offended not just the innkeeper but also the other customers who loved the grape juice. After all, those grapes were harvested from the grape trees growing in the same village, the Newmere village. So, their pride was hurt when Sesi mocked the grape juice.“Sesi,” Leah intervened. “There’s no need to cause a scene if you didn’t like the drink.”“Leah, just look at this!” she pointed at the mug. “The grape skin and seeds are floating in the drink! How am I supposed to drink it? Uwwgh, I feel like vomiting just thinking about it!”“Maybe, they don’t add grapeskin and seeds in the drink, but we leave the
The adult customers were in awe and disbelief, whereas the children were giggling and smirking from seeing Prince Liu personally serving drinks to a foreign group of four.From Liu, they came to know that the trees in the village weren’t giant a few decades back, but ever since cultivators began to bury the bodies of some beasts around the village, the trees absorbed the nutrients and grew in size and produced food all year, which improved the livelihood of the villagers very much.“You’re only twenty two years old?” Rowan’s eyes bulged in shock. “What the heck, man? You look like you’re forty years old!”Liu angrily smiled. “Yeah, some people say that to me, but all the girls in this village would die to marry me. It’s just that I haven’t found the right woman for me yet.” His eyes fell on Sesi.“Don’t even think about it,” Sesi retorted coldly. “You’re not at all my type. Too macho for me to even feel anything.”Liu then looked at Leah, but she was just fully immersed in talking wit
If reality blended seamlessly with dreams, then it would look like what Gary and everyone else was staring at right now.The towering mountains and crystalline rivers aside, there were young children riding on big foxes and were plucking fruits off the trees. There were beautiful young ladies riding butterflies that flitted from flower to flower and helped the ladies collect honey in leather sacs.The small village that Gary and his friends had first been to was full of giant trees and animals, but the humans were of normal size.The village guards escorted them to the inn and said, “Don’t cause any trouble, or you’ll regret it.”Goya found their words offensive. “Should I just beat him up and show him his place?”“Don’t cause unnecessary trouble,” Wendevorr told her. “Did you already forget what Lord Gary told us? We’re not supposed to fight anyone unless it gets life-threatening.”Goya seemed disappointed. “But that’s boring.”After killing so many monsters, Goya was still in the sl
By the time Gary and his team left the woods, having absorbed the crystal cores and boosting their stats and abilities, they felt more confident than ever.Goya was sitting cross-legged on top of Wendevorr’s head. She was at level 698, and he was at level 699.Rowan increased by ten levels and reached 612.Sesi increased to level 630.Leah went from level 700 to 703.Gary’s level was exactly 800 after defeating the mighty wolf Wynn. He felt much stronger than your average level 800 being would, but he still felt like his current strength was nowhere near enough to deal with all the seven keys, much less their boss, the Immortal King.Leah and Sesi were discussing a lot ever since Leah regained her memories. Sesi wanted to know their love story, so Leah kept telling her everything. Some of the details were a bit too embarrassing, so Gary kept his distance from the ladies.Rowan was leading the group in the front. “I’m still the lowest-leveled in the group, dammit. I know I should be ha
Wynn and Gary’s team parted goodbyes, but Gary and others didn’t leave the forest just yet because Wynn had asked them to kill the remaining demonoids as a favor.Because they had all used the fountain of life, they couldn’t reject his request. However, neither Gary nor Leah had to act for this mission.Sesi, Rowan, Goya, and Wendevorr took the task upon themselves and competed to see who’d find and kill the most number of demonoids. Goya and Wendevorr believed that they had an edge over the humans because of their superior sense stats.Goya went back to the Demon Range to sniff out the remaining demonoids and kill them. Wynn had told them a way to get past the curse that they’d obtain after absorbing the crystal cores. It was to wash these cores in the blood of another animal, and so that blood would take the curse away.Knowing this, everyone felt very excited to get the crystal cores and gain various abilities from that, though crystals that had been cleansed by blood would also be
Gary was talking with Wynn, the great wolf, which seemed to have calmed down now. “I was planning on returning to earth, but after hearing your words, I think we’ll need to stay here a little longer.”“If the opponent is someone who can kill Master Chun Fu, then your current strength is not sufficient,” Wynn said.Though it was a bit rude of Wynn to say that, Gary didn’t disagree with that. “I have to awaken my spiritual energy, too, before I return to earth. So, Leah and I will both be able to use spiritual energy in our group. Together, we can keep hunting those seven keys. And the rest of my group members will take down their minions. I think they’re strong enough to fend for themselves now.”“If you want to awaken the spiritual energy ahead of time,” Wynn said. “Then there’s a place where you can attain that.”“Oh… where is it?” Gary quickly asked.“The Absurd Woods…” Wynn said.“Absurd Woods?” Gary raised an eyebrow. “That’s the name?”“Yeah. It’s full of crazy creatures that har
As Gary approached the fountain, he saw Leah rising up as though the waters were lifting her up. A radiant glow came out of her body. It was warm and beautiful.“What’s going on?” Gary asked.[She’s been cured of the curse, and on top of that she’s awakened the spiritual energy.] Ai said.“A-Awakened?” Gary was startled. “Didn’t you say it’ll take at least level 900 for one to even think about awakening their spiritual energy?”[Yes, but her spirit has been contained by the negative energy of the Dark Witch.] Ai explained. [In order to forcefully release those restraints, the fountain of life had to awaken her spirit.]“So, it’s a byproduct of removing the curse put on her…” Gary’s eyes slowly widened. “Does that mean she gets her memories back?” He quickly scuttled toward the fountain with his heart swelling from hope.Leah was still floating above the fountain, and her eyes slowly opened. She could see everyone around her. Sesi, Rowan, Goya, Wendevorr, even the great wolf in the dis
The great wolf coughed up a lot of blood into the air as his gaze turned blurry. He somersaulted through the air and managed to land on his feet.However, the pain in his diaphragm kept escalating, and it made him bleed some more. He was forced to get down on one knee.Gary was walking toward him confidently, and the great wolf wanted to get up, but the pain in his gut didn’t let him get up just yet.“You lost…” Gary uttered.“Not yet,” the great wolf growled, but that shouting made him cringe in pain.[Say these words to him…] Ai told Gary.Gary then said while looking at the great wolf who was still on one of his knees, “Even though I won’t be around you physically, my love will always be with you, Wynn.”The great wolf’s expression froze. Slowly but surely, tears began to swell in the great wolf’s eyes as he remembered Chun Fu saying those words when he was parting with him. And nobody knew his name except for his master, so this made it clear that Gary was indeed Chun Fu’s success
Many years ago.Chun Fu was teaching the great wolf. “There will come a time when you will need to fight beings that can’t be defeated with punches or slashes. That’s when you need to rely on things like spiritual energy or unique skills. Animals don’t have much spiritual energy, so you should depend on learning unique skills.”“What kind of skills, Master?” the great wolf excitedly asked, waving his tail left and right.“One that will help you fight all kinds of enemies,” Chun Fu said. “The ability to break space itself.”“Breaking space…” the great wolf’s eyes turned wide. “Is something like that even possible?”“Time, space, and matter are three constructs that the worlds are built upon by the Creator,” Chun Fu explained. “All those three constructs can be affected by us. We can break physical matter with our hands because we can interact with it. But space and matter needs different approaches. Skills that will require one to manipulate time are too complex for you to learn. Even